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The origins of .WhosWho, a concept that's come full circle in the digital age

Through the years, the term Who's Who has become widely-associated with reference volumes cataloging the elite, high-ranking, and personalities of note. A 19th century volume was a social register for the aristocracy, more about bloodlines and social network than achievement. The 20th century brought an interest in the academics, inventors, scientists and industrialists based on the merits of their contributions, and volumes appeared in nearly every country.

Today, the democratization seems complete in world where bloggers, videographers and entertainers have achieved not only viral acclaim, but also lucrative personal franchises virtually overnight. In light of this zeitgeist, we have opened the registry broadly, and invite each to find his/her own niche within the .WhosWho pantheon.

19th Century Who's Who

While America had no aristocracy, New York society had its “Four Hundred” in the late 19th century. Today’s technology supplants most of the effort involved in group communication, information sharing and scheduling, allowing groups based on important shared affinities and values to flourish. Whether drawn together by culture or sports, technology or literature, language or school ties, a .WhosWho domain provides a natural context in which group members may self-identify, maintain their profiles, contribute comments and feedback, and participate in consensus decision making as a group. And what about offering online courses, or essays and lectures of substance? One could establish quite a legacy.

20th Century Who's Who

.WhosWho is the place for establishing living compendia and archives of individual, family or corporate accomplishments. Whether scientific research, catalogues raisonnes, audio/video clips, collected writings, current projects, or chapters of an autobiography in progress, each controls his .WhosWho and how it reflects a public persona or, if preferred, she may create a password-protected site for friends and family only. .WhosWho domains offer the ultimate in portability, allowing changes in email and webhosting service providers while maintaining one's personal .WhosWho email and web addresses, which are as unique as an online signature.

21st Century Who's Who

Today we realize that search is both the internet's present and future. Just as users now type [ define "word" ] into Google to find definitions, so will future users enter [ who's who "name" ] to find them. Online for 20+ years, our
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.WhosWho doesn't blah, blah, blend into the page

First impressions are the keys to engagement and, in a world of information overload, they remain critical components to establishing a rapport. Whether in an email address block, printed presentation cards or on-screen, .WhosWho addresses don’t vanish into the page as .com addresses can tend to. Instead, it sparks intrigue and interest, and invites questions that open discussions to include your topic of interest.

.WhosWho tells the world that you’re no Yahoo!

Words have meanings, and .WhosWho not only conveys the message that you’re no Yahoo, but also very much the opposite. In the early years of the Internet, such iconoclastic positioning was de rigueur at Internet startups burning through cash at the rate of a million dollars a month. The subtleties of language telegraph powerful subliminal messages and, to an online audience that has both matured and become global, .WhosWho alerts the user that something - or someone - is noteworthy.

The opportunity to forge one's own online brand

Bell-bottom jeans were a fad in the 1960s, and the CB radio craze swept America from coast-to-coast in the 1980s. But in its rise to prominence in the everyday lives of billions of people spanning the globe, the internet represents a new world order. Leading online players have built mega-brands with valuations in the hundreds of billions of dollars, fueling their growth by aggregating user content with the enticement of "free" service. With an appreciation of this fundamental change in 21st century communication comes recognition of the inherent value of one's own unique brand, and the prescient embrace domain ownership to build their own portfolios.

Taking ownership empowers brand portability

Twenty years ago it was understandable for high-achievers dedicated to their callings to have a simple HoTMaiL account for personal use. Today, nothing could be further from the truth and, unless you're prepared to notify everyone of an address change and hope not to lose half of your following, you're inextricably bound to your provider. .WhosWho was created with the unique needs of this cohort in mind. "Free" services ultimately amounted to an investment of time and energy squandered to the providers' benefit. Worst of all, this missed opportunity to accrue a portable following of one's own over extended periods can represent a huge loss, the value of which is telescoped for those at the highest echelons.

What's the syntax? .whoswho, .WHOSWHO, .WhosWho ...?

Email programs and web browsers covert all domain strings to lowercase, which effectively ignores any capitalization keyed in by the user. So domain owners may choose the mix of UPPERCASE and lowercase letters that best aligns with their branding objectives, whether that's an attention-grabbing ALLCAPS, a mixed case to EnhanceReadability, or as the internet generation prefers, alllower. Launching a business running camel caravans in the Sahara? Go ahead and choose "camel-back" style -- .wHoSwHo -- they all works equivalently when entered into a keyboard or phone.